The Silent Kookaburra - Liza Perrat

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Résumé :
All eleven-year-old Tanya Randall wants is a happy family. But Mum does nothing besides housework, Dad's always down the pub and Nanna Purvis moans at everyone except her dog. Then Shelley arrives -- the miracle baby who fuses the Randall family in love for their little gumnut blossom. Tanya's life gets even better when she meets an uncle she didn't know she had. He tells her she's beautiful and could be a model. Her family refuses to talk about him. But that's okay, it's their little secret. Then one blistering summer day tragedy strikes, and the surrounding mystery and suspicion tear apart this fragile family web. Embracing the social changes of 1970s Australia, against a backdrop of native fauna and flora, The Silent Kookaburra is a haunting exploration of the blessings, curses and tyranny of memory. Unsettling psychological suspense blending the intensity of Wally Lamb with the atmosphere of Peter James, this story will get under your skin.

Biographie:
Liza was born in Australia, where she went to school then worked as a general nurse and midwife. After meeting her French husband on a bus in Bangkok in 1988 and, three children and many pets later, she has now been living in a rural village in France for thirty years. She works part-time as a medical translator, and as a novelist. For newsletter signups, Liza offers her award-winning short story collection, Friends and Other Strangers: https://books2read.com/u/mleND9 Website: www.lizaperrat.com Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/Liza-Perrat-232382930192297 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizaperrat